GINGER STAUFFACHER

THEN: 263 LBS.After the 38-year-old mom of three received a hypothyroidism diagnosis, a combination of thyroid medication and intense cravings for junk food resulted in a 100-lb. weight gain in four months. "One day I had to trudge through snow and I thought I was going to die," says Stauffacher, who runs a farm in Cuba City, Wis.